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now the white house is responding. an ex-born actress said anthony weiner asked her to lie about their communications. breaking news. political headline and jeannie moos straight ahead. you nrt situation room. fresh fallout from the u.s. commando raid that killed osama bin laden. pakistani authorities have rounded up people who may have helped the u.s. track the al qaeda leader and that's adding to the strains on a badly frayed relationship. brian, what are you learning? >> it's not clear if the people are still in custody and not clear if they will be prosecuted. what is clear is in the wake of bin latten's killing, this is more evidence of a fractured alliance. pakistan arrest and detained and detained informants before the raid on the compound according to pakistani officials. some were arrested in the safe house used to spy on bin laden the response from washington? >> it's not always an easy relationship, but it is vital. >> the arrests took place shortly after bin laden was killed. i spoke with national security
now the white house is responding. an ex-born actress said anthony weiner asked her to lie about their communications. breaking news. political headline and jeannie moos straight ahead. you nrt situation room. fresh fallout from the u.s. commando raid that killed osama bin laden. pakistani authorities have rounded up people who may have helped the u.s. track the al qaeda leader and that's adding to the strains on a badly frayed relationship. brian, what are you learning? >> it's not clear...
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chris: wow. >> we're talking all this week about afghanistan, what a white house -- top white house official told me is that he is sitting there very, very worried about how he can get the minimum number of troops he needs to orchestrate a war in pakistan. and i don't mean a war as in invading and ground troops, but what he needs as a base in afghanistan for them to continue with those drone strikes, because pakistan -- chris: does he need to keep those troops in afghanistan to support that? >> he needs a minimum number, maybe 20,000. from there you can launch -- you can go after -- chris: who told you this? good oh, yeah, i'm going to really tell you that. [laughter] >> this is a two-parter with helene. as pakistan's relations with the u.s. have gotten worser and worser, its relations with india, interestingly, have gotten significantly better, with meetings between commerce ministers, interior minister, foreign secretaries and people on both sides tell me this is actually maybe going somewhere. chris: i hope they can put the nuclear genie back in the bottle. when we come back, the big ques
chris: wow. >> we're talking all this week about afghanistan, what a white house -- top white house official told me is that he is sitting there very, very worried about how he can get the minimum number of troops he needs to orchestrate a war in pakistan. and i don't mean a war as in invading and ground troops, but what he needs as a base in afghanistan for them to continue with those drone strikes, because pakistan -- chris: does he need to keep those troops in afghanistan to support...
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well, no one in the white house is unaware that 2012 is out there. what this does is it changes the narrative that barack obama had for this war. absolutely dramatically. and one of the phrases being used at the white house this week was this should be seen by the american people as a pivot point. up until now, we were building up. we were doing more. now the narrative is we're succeeding. we're winning. we've got these very narrow goals as martha said. not big counterinsurgency goals but narrow counterterrorism goals. and we're drawing down the phrase the president used was the tide -- the tide has turned. what was it? he even said -- gwen: you started it. you're going to have to finish it. >> the tide of war is turning. >> the tide of war is reseeding. -- receding. he even used a phrase about being able to see a light out there. it wasn't at the end of a tunnel. but if you look closely, you could see -- gwen: martha, you have been there many times. you were in afghanistan as recently as a month ago. and you know that getting out isn't just simply p
well, no one in the white house is unaware that 2012 is out there. what this does is it changes the narrative that barack obama had for this war. absolutely dramatically. and one of the phrases being used at the white house this week was this should be seen by the american people as a pivot point. up until now, we were building up. we were doing more. now the narrative is we're succeeding. we're winning. we've got these very narrow goals as martha said. not big counterinsurgency goals but...
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house says otherwise prove the white house wrong. well the white house doesn't make the arguments that many of its supporters make the argument it made in its report to congress yesterday was that the war powers act does not apply much less the constitution because this is neither a war nor hostilities this is something else this is a military operation that doesn't rise to the level of hostilities which is absolutely absurd the war powers act was written in one nine hundred seventy three very intentionally and clearly to encompass all military engagements to clearly imminent threats of hostilities and anything i'm only still east and so there was a program yesterday when congressman dennis senator maybe it was this morning congressman dennis kucinich was to painting a former lawyer from the reagan white house who was defending obama and he asked this guy twice never got an answer if there were two thousand missions over the united states by a foreign nation and many of them were dropping bombs would there be war would there be hosti
house says otherwise prove the white house wrong. well the white house doesn't make the arguments that many of its supporters make the argument it made in its report to congress yesterday was that the war powers act does not apply much less the constitution because this is neither a war nor hostilities this is something else this is a military operation that doesn't rise to the level of hostilities which is absolutely absurd the war powers act was written in one nine hundred seventy three very...
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my conversation with white house chef sam kass. why he has been named one of the most creative people in business today. "the wall street journal report" begins right now. >> this is america's number one financial news program, "the wall street journal report." now maria bartiromo. >> and i'll be back with all of that coming up. but first let's get to bill griffeth with a look at headlines and stories right now. bill, over to you. >> thanks, maria. >> here is a look at what is making news as we head into a new week on wall street. the economy continued to add jobs last month, but at a much slower pace than economists had anticipated. non-farm payrolls grew by just 54,000, and the unemployment rate edged up to 9.1%. that by the way is the smallest monthly increase in job creation since september of 2010. the markets ended a weak month of may, started june with a swoon. on wednesday, the major averages had their worst one-day decline since last august after a slew of weak economic data. and the markets continued down later in the wee
my conversation with white house chef sam kass. why he has been named one of the most creative people in business today. "the wall street journal report" begins right now. >> this is america's number one financial news program, "the wall street journal report." now maria bartiromo. >> and i'll be back with all of that coming up. but first let's get to bill griffeth with a look at headlines and stories right now. bill, over to you. >> thanks, maria. >>...
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and, you know, some of that comes as what of a surprise to the white house. david axelrod, one of the president's top political advisers, was talking to candy crowley on "state of the union" on sunday saying if jon huntsman had a problem with our economic policy, why didn't he say something when he was ambassador to china? here is what david axelrod had to say. >> i think he is a very bright fluent person. it was a little surprising to me, because when we were in shanghai, we got a chance to talk and this was the fall of 2009, about what the president was doing. so i was surprised when he emerged as a candidate. >> reporter: now, huntsman' campaign has fired back calling axelr axelrod's comments absurd. what is interesting to see somebody going after his former boss running for the white house. not something you see very often in american political history. but it is something that jon hutsman is going to have to do if he is going to overcome this obama taint that some conservatives see huntsman as having at this point. he is going to try it up in new hampshi
and, you know, some of that comes as what of a surprise to the white house. david axelrod, one of the president's top political advisers, was talking to candy crowley on "state of the union" on sunday saying if jon huntsman had a problem with our economic policy, why didn't he say something when he was ambassador to china? here is what david axelrod had to say. >> i think he is a very bright fluent person. it was a little surprising to me, because when we were in shanghai, we...
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the chill by white house correspondent. he had been trying to get on the vice president's plane in early two thousand and four there were some things that. like that we wrote. there was no. it's my belief that a lot of journalists did not ask hard questions of this administration's policies particularly in the run up to the war in iraq because they were afraid of losing access and having happened to them what happened to me and has happened to others an example of why media ownership matters to democracy before reporting. sheds light on the reasons why they are being asked to go and risk wife and limb and health and family and everything else. then we're doing our job and if that displeases the circuitry of defense if it just polices the vice president so be it . out still receive it out with we trusted it as we knew it does count with the extra stuff and it's the biggest scandal of the bush administration is the story of reporters who protected their access to top officials first and put their responsibility to the public
the chill by white house correspondent. he had been trying to get on the vice president's plane in early two thousand and four there were some things that. like that we wrote. there was no. it's my belief that a lot of journalists did not ask hard questions of this administration's policies particularly in the run up to the war in iraq because they were afraid of losing access and having happened to them what happened to me and has happened to others an example of why media ownership matters to...
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and the white house reporter. let's start with the baby important news of the weekend, the golf summit. any substance to that? guest: it was really more about the speaker and the president forming a bit of a relationship as they try to do business. most immediately the debt ceiling vote and the deficit reduction that the vice president has talked about. it was an interesting moment because barack obama is not someone who mixes business and pleasure, particularly on the weekend. this is something he has not done with any member of congress. there's a lot of intrigue from the press corps to see him and the speaker kicking back and having a couple drinks afterward. both of them had a good time. they won a bet. there was another funny thing they did which, we were wondering if they released to the score. they fixed this of the speaker and the president played together so they came away winners. host: is there any significance to this get together? guest: it depends if they do it again. if it becomes a regular kind of
and the white house reporter. let's start with the baby important news of the weekend, the golf summit. any substance to that? guest: it was really more about the speaker and the president forming a bit of a relationship as they try to do business. most immediately the debt ceiling vote and the deficit reduction that the vice president has talked about. it was an interesting moment because barack obama is not someone who mixes business and pleasure, particularly on the weekend. this is...
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our brianna keel ser at the white house. brianna, any white house from the white house? >> reporter: no reaction so far, but certainly what we heard this week from the president and from the white house, the first on the record comment, first from jay carney, and then from the president himself really upped the ante on the urging that congressman weiner was getting. carney went on the record on monday saying this was a distraction. then we heard the president in an interview saying not that anthony weiner should resign, but that if he were the congressman, he would resign, because this was a distraction that had gotten in the way of his job during a time when so much is going on with the economy and when democrats are really trying to promote everything they can to show the american people that they're doing stuff on jobs and on the economy. this became a distraction not only on capitol hill but over here at the white house. you saw the president weigh in this weeks. certainly that added to all of the pressure that congressman weiner was feeling from democrats. >> briann
our brianna keel ser at the white house. brianna, any white house from the white house? >> reporter: no reaction so far, but certainly what we heard this week from the president and from the white house, the first on the record comment, first from jay carney, and then from the president himself really upped the ante on the urging that congressman weiner was getting. carney went on the record on monday saying this was a distraction. then we heard the president in an interview saying not...
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white house says u.s. operations don't involve sustained fight organize active exchanges of fire with hostile forces nor do they involve u.s. ground troops. are there hostilities? house speaker boehner said, come on, this is ridiculous. >> part of an effort to drop bombs on gadhafi's compounds. i don't know -- i just -- doesn't pass a straight face test in my view that we're not in the midst of hostilities. >> so, why shouldn't there be specific approval from congress to wage whatever we're waging there, senator? senator graham, i'll start with you. >> talk to me? >> yeah. >> number one, i would take the course conservatives have taken for the last 30 years. the war powers act is unconstitutional, not worth the paren it's written on. it requires congressional approval before commander in chief can commit troops after a certain period of time and allow troops to be withdrawn based on the passage of a concurrent resolution never presented to the president. so i think it's an infringement on the power of the
white house says u.s. operations don't involve sustained fight organize active exchanges of fire with hostile forces nor do they involve u.s. ground troops. are there hostilities? house speaker boehner said, come on, this is ridiculous. >> part of an effort to drop bombs on gadhafi's compounds. i don't know -- i just -- doesn't pass a straight face test in my view that we're not in the midst of hostilities. >> so, why shouldn't there be specific approval from congress to wage...
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over whether the white house needs approval from congress to be there at all. president obama says it's all perfectly legal, but some leaders in congress say, not so fast, there's something called the war powers act, it was passed for a reason and the president can't just ignore it. nbc's kristen welker has more tonight from the white house. >> reporter: as the fighting in libya drags on, tensions over the united states involvement there are mounting. >> the white house says there are no hostilities taking place. yet we have got drone attacks underway. >> we don't think it's helpful for congress to send mixed messages. >> reporter: at issue, does president obama need congressional approval to continue the u.s. role in the nato led military effort. the war powers act, enacted during the vietnam war, says the president has to get the green light from congress for military operations lasting longer than 90 days. >> the executive branch has never really acceded to it's constitutionality. >> reporter: in a 32-page report released on wednesday, the white house assert
over whether the white house needs approval from congress to be there at all. president obama says it's all perfectly legal, but some leaders in congress say, not so fast, there's something called the war powers act, it was passed for a reason and the president can't just ignore it. nbc's kristen welker has more tonight from the white house. >> reporter: as the fighting in libya drags on, tensions over the united states involvement there are mounting. >> the white house says there...
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three, four people running the white house. three, four people running the white house. he neededsÑ)- >> i don't know about changes in him as a candidate but there are two barack obamas. he wants the entire world to look at him as somebody who says change can happen. and thin there's obama the pragmatic american president. that's the barack obama who's looking after america's national security, interest, economic interest. have you the soaring rhetoric and the barack obama who's standing there in front of a stadium full of people saying, you know, or saying, for instance, protesters in the middle east, you can get this done. then you have the barack obama who has got to think about oil prices -- chris: israel. >> and all of that. and they are two different things but you have to learn how to balance both. chris: he has made since the election, as helene pointed out. a couple changes. he did go on to tax cuts to the rich. he did say to the governors this spring or late winter, he said you know gorks ahead. if you don't like the individual man who covers part of this thin
three, four people running the white house. three, four people running the white house. he neededsÑ)- >> i don't know about changes in him as a candidate but there are two barack obamas. he wants the entire world to look at him as somebody who says change can happen. and thin there's obama the pragmatic american president. that's the barack obama who's looking after america's national security, interest, economic interest. have you the soaring rhetoric and the barack obama who's standing...
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the gop-controlled house crushed the white house's request to raise spending limits. >>> in libya, nato is suspending their mission, the additional 90 days will help protect civilians and send a clear message to embattled leader, moammar gadhafi. >>> nasa begins a new countdown clock. next month, the 30-year-old shuttle program will end with a mission of another shuttle, the at lan hi atlantis. >>> pressure is mounting on congressman anthony wiener to answer two questions posted on his twitter account. how hot is it getting? >> how about you do the questions, i do the answers and this jackass interrupts me. how about that as the new rule of the game? >> let's catch you up on this stoefrmt on friday night, a picture of a man in his jupd wear briefly showed up on wiener's twitter account. it was intended for a 21-year-old woman's site. that many would, a college student told the new york daily news that, yes, he followed her on twitter but the lewd post did not come from the congressman but from somebody who has harassed her before. on monday, he blamed the photo on a hacker. on tuesday,
the gop-controlled house crushed the white house's request to raise spending limits. >>> in libya, nato is suspending their mission, the additional 90 days will help protect civilians and send a clear message to embattled leader, moammar gadhafi. >>> nasa begins a new countdown clock. next month, the 30-year-old shuttle program will end with a mission of another shuttle, the at lan hi atlantis. >>> pressure is mounting on congressman anthony wiener to answer two...
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>> the white house is not saying because of security, but we have an idea because the white house did pick the course, it's already determined. now, boehner is a member of burning tree country club, so it's probably not going to be there, because he didn't get to pick it. the president normally plays at andrews air force base. >> you're a good golfer yourself. what's your handy cap? >> i don't know what it is anymore. but i was at one point a 6. >> really? >> i was. >> so you played in college? >> high school. >> so you could really hit that ball? m
>> the white house is not saying because of security, but we have an idea because the white house did pick the course, it's already determined. now, boehner is a member of burning tree country club, so it's probably not going to be there, because he didn't get to pick it. the president normally plays at andrews air force base. >> you're a good golfer yourself. what's your handy cap? >> i don't know what it is anymore. but i was at one point a 6. >> really? >> i...
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house controls things in a way that they always do and this white house is just as interested to control the thing from when somebody like me comes out kick me around and so on and it's easy to do because everybody is very eager if what you don't get now is you get perfectly professional stories representing the view with the ministration but they're marketing anybody on the inside is telling them a different story and so we're stuck we're stuck with the major newspapers reporting pretty much what the administration wants and so when somebody like me goes up against them. it's the same story with this story it's happening every story i've done since nine eleven really a good one what so why is it you cannot with a piece that says iran is not of the threat that it's made out to be and you're suddenly considered a heretic it's not about me it's when was the confessional as i said they have a narrative and a narrative is iran is bad they're making bombs even if we can't find it we know it must be they're evil people and so what's the consequence for the american public if they're not aware
house controls things in a way that they always do and this white house is just as interested to control the thing from when somebody like me comes out kick me around and so on and it's easy to do because everybody is very eager if what you don't get now is you get perfectly professional stories representing the view with the ministration but they're marketing anybody on the inside is telling them a different story and so we're stuck we're stuck with the major newspapers reporting pretty much...
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two weeks ago i was in the white house. i was in a meeting with president obama and the president was asked not once, not twice, he was asked three times, mr. president, what is -- a private, closed-door meeting, what is your plans for medicare? what are you going to do to save it to so it doesn't go flat broke like we know it will in the not-too-distant future? you know what the president's plan is. this hasn't been talked about very much. the president's plan for senior citizens is obama-care. we all think for our senior is going to go on. i think very likely -- and i'm speculating, i think very likely what the president intends is that medicare will go broke. and that ultimately that answer will be obama care for senior citizens. what else would the plan be? if he's not intending to save it, knowing full well what the numbers in front of our eyes that it is certain bankruptcy for our senior citizens and he's willing to allow that to happen, then that will mean our senior citizens will face obama care knowing full well th
two weeks ago i was in the white house. i was in a meeting with president obama and the president was asked not once, not twice, he was asked three times, mr. president, what is -- a private, closed-door meeting, what is your plans for medicare? what are you going to do to save it to so it doesn't go flat broke like we know it will in the not-too-distant future? you know what the president's plan is. this hasn't been talked about very much. the president's plan for senior citizens is...
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he's with us from across town at the white house, chuck, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. in primetime tomorrow night the president will detail and fulfill a pledge he made in december of 2009, that some troop withdrawals would begin in july of 2011. july starts next week. so here's what the president is going to lay out. there were three measures of success that he laid out in december of 2009. to deny al qaeda a safe haven. to reverse the taliban's momentum and stand up to afghanistan forces. the president will say progress has been made on all three fronts and go as far as to say the operational capability of al qaeda is now been defeated or destroyed. essentially victory over al qaeda in afghanistan and pakistan. on the other two fronts that's not necessarily mission accomplished just yet so the number of troops anywhere from 10 to 30,000, will be removed in the next 18 months but keep this in mind, brian, over 50,000 american troop will still be there in 2013 and maybe even well into 2014, so still a long way to go but a significant number of american military coming
he's with us from across town at the white house, chuck, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. in primetime tomorrow night the president will detail and fulfill a pledge he made in december of 2009, that some troop withdrawals would begin in july of 2011. july starts next week. so here's what the president is going to lay out. there were three measures of success that he laid out in december of 2009. to deny al qaeda a safe haven. to reverse the taliban's momentum and stand up...
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caroline taylor. >> have you performed at the white house before? >> no. >> we have, i think, five or six songs, no real surprises, sort of greatest hits. i'm just excited to be in this company and just to perform at the white house is a privilege. >> have you ever been here before? >> yes, we have. i received the national medal of the arts. that's when we met. we met during the campaign. they actually suggested "you have a friend" for the theme of the evening. >> how is your german? [speaking german] learned it in school. >> boarding school, new england boarding school. >> my father. >> what are you wearing tonight? ♪. >> the president, chancellor merkel and their spouses later appeared in the white house grand foyer for a traditional official photograph. just before the state dinner, president obama and chancellor merkel delivered comments on the relationship between the u.s. and germany and the president presented chancellor merkel with the medal of freedom, the highest honor. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs.
caroline taylor. >> have you performed at the white house before? >> no. >> we have, i think, five or six songs, no real surprises, sort of greatest hits. i'm just excited to be in this company and just to perform at the white house is a privilege. >> have you ever been here before? >> yes, we have. i received the national medal of the arts. that's when we met. we met during the campaign. they actually suggested "you have a friend" for the theme of the...
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house liaison and serve as special assistant to the president for white house management. mrs. mcbride's white house service spans three administrations, beginning with the reagan demonstration in 1984, from a 7-92 was the director for white house personnel for presidents reagan and george h. w. bush. michael allen, this serves as majority staff director for the house intelligence committee. adoring administration of george w. bush, mr. allen, a senior director for counter proliferation and senior director for legislative affairs at the national security council. he also helped -- held senior legislative affairs roles in the bush administration homeland security council and department of state. rachel brand serves as the national chamber litigation center's chief counsel for regulatory litigation. before assuming this role she was with the firm of wilmur hale and prior to that served in government for nearly eight years as assistant attorney general for legal policy at the u.s. department of justice and associate counsel to the president at the white house. to begin our co
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the white house did not want to lose either of these votes. they certainly didn't want to lose the second one, and i will say, you mentioned dennis kucinich and his effort coming up after july 4. he should have an amendment on a defense spending bill that will completely cut off spending. >> brown: that's still to come. >> still to come. 144 republicans votedly for the defund, this partial defund, many of them not because-- many of them, you know, didn't vote for it because it wasn't strong enough. when a full defund come,how many member will vote for something that's as strong as it conclude, choking off funding. where will the chips fall on that. >> brown: let me ask you about the republicans. yesterday john boehner made a statement to sort of reassure, i guess, nato allies that it was a symbolic gesture, that the u.s. forces will still be there. so they were playing an interesting game in all this as well, right sqloo domestic politics clashes with foreign policy, leaders have to do this. the speaker knows that even if a defund had passed t
the white house did not want to lose either of these votes. they certainly didn't want to lose the second one, and i will say, you mentioned dennis kucinich and his effort coming up after july 4. he should have an amendment on a defense spending bill that will completely cut off spending. >> brown: that's still to come. >> still to come. 144 republicans votedly for the defund, this partial defund, many of them not because-- many of them, you know, didn't vote for it because it...
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nbc's kristen welker live for us at the white house. that on the heels of that leaked "new york times" trial balloon of yesterday shows that the president may be leaping much harder toward a larger withdrawal this summer than we thought. also, tell us about what to expect today with chancellor merkel. >> right, chuck. good morning to you. first to start with that "new york times" article, just to put it in perspective, yesterday we learned that there were potentially calls for a secret troop withdrawal from afghanistan. president obama making those comments, the strongest comments he has made yet about the situation in afghanistan, really providing an interesting insight into his mindset as he prepares to make a decision about the pace of troop withdrawals, but white house officials are saying officially that a decision will come fairly soon. just yesterday, the president had his monthly meeting with his national security team and he was briefed by secretary of defense robert gates via video conference about the situation in afghanistan
nbc's kristen welker live for us at the white house. that on the heels of that leaked "new york times" trial balloon of yesterday shows that the president may be leaping much harder toward a larger withdrawal this summer than we thought. also, tell us about what to expect today with chancellor merkel. >> right, chuck. good morning to you. first to start with that "new york times" article, just to put it in perspective, yesterday we learned that there were potentially...
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that address included a plea from the white house, namely, abandon libyan leader moammar gaddafi. the white house wants the au, the african union, to call on gaddafi to step down, despite the fact that gaddafi himself was chosen president of the au and served as such from february 2009 to january 2010. president obama hopes that gaddafi will heed the words every his african union allies and step down, ending the civil war between his forces and libyan rebels. secretary clinton says the fate of libya is now in africa's hands. >> your words and your actions could make the difference in bringing this situation to finally close. >> here's the lists of demands from washington. one, au nations should call for a cease-fire between gaddafi's forces and the rebels. two, au nations should call on gaddafi to resign. three, au nations should suspend their embassy operations in libya. four, au nations should expel from their own nations any diplomat who are pro-gaddafi. five, au nations should put their support behind the anti- gaddafi rebels. question, presenting our demands to the african un
that address included a plea from the white house, namely, abandon libyan leader moammar gaddafi. the white house wants the au, the african union, to call on gaddafi to step down, despite the fact that gaddafi himself was chosen president of the au and served as such from february 2009 to january 2010. president obama hopes that gaddafi will heed the words every his african union allies and step down, ending the civil war between his forces and libyan rebels. secretary clinton says the fate of...
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it's basically that they welcome the white house -- the white house welcomes authorization from congress, but doesn't feel that it needed it, to be consistent with the war powers resolution. and to be clear, what that law says, is that the president can commit troops overseas for up to 60 days. and then if he doesn't have authorization, those troops need to be withdrawn, within 30 days. well, that deadline is upon us here in just a few days. that 90-day deadline. so the explanation from the white house, from senior administration officials, is that because they say they're operating in a support role, that they're not operating in a role where there are a lot of, i guess, hostilities in terms of the statute. hostilities is a very important word in the statute. it's called imminent hostility, troops not subject to harm, that they feel like they are within the realm of it being all right for them to have troops without congressional authorization. but here's the thing if talk to some legal experts, they'll say to you this law that was adopted in 1973, they feel that president obama is in v
it's basically that they welcome the white house -- the white house welcomes authorization from congress, but doesn't feel that it needed it, to be consistent with the war powers resolution. and to be clear, what that law says, is that the president can commit troops overseas for up to 60 days. and then if he doesn't have authorization, those troops need to be withdrawn, within 30 days. well, that deadline is upon us here in just a few days. that 90-day deadline. so the explanation from the...
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roosevelt stays at white house overnight. [laughter] here she is visiting enlisted men at a base in the galapagos island off the coast of ecuador during a world war ii morale-building trip to latin america. here she is in england inspecting troops. why, she's certainly the first first lady to ever do this sort of thing. of course, she's traveling without franklin. and in washington here she and mary mcleod bethune are visiting a residence for african-american women war workers. once again eleanor's making history by showing that she and the roosevelt administration really care in the plight of people who are at the margins of society. but she continues to play her official role as white house hostess too. here she is entertaining madam chiang kai-shek in 1943. we all know the story of eleanor as first lady. franklin dies in 1945 unexpectedly. guess who's with him when he dies? lucy mercer, the old girlfriend. um, eleanor is appointed u.s. delegate to -- by the -- i'm sorry, is appointed u.s. delegate to the united nations by
roosevelt stays at white house overnight. [laughter] here she is visiting enlisted men at a base in the galapagos island off the coast of ecuador during a world war ii morale-building trip to latin america. here she is in england inspecting troops. why, she's certainly the first first lady to ever do this sort of thing. of course, she's traveling without franklin. and in washington here she and mary mcleod bethune are visiting a residence for african-american women war workers. once again...
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he says white house officials wanted to get juan cole. glenn carle is the cia officer in question and joins me for an exclusive interview. after he tells his story, professor juan cole will join the story. welcome. glenn, let me start with you. you were asked to do something that you believed and is in fact illegal. tell us what happened, how the request was made to you, and what followed thereafter. >> sometime late in 2005, i don't remember the exact dates, it is a while ago, sometime late in 2005, my superior returned from a meeting at the white house and called me into his office and asked me if i knew about professor juan cole, who was he? i said of course i know who he is. we had worked together on national council business a number of times and then started to ask questions about lifestyle and background in saying what you just summarized that the white house found him a severe critic and wanted to get him and i was flabbergasted. >> you objected to the request to get professor cole and you nonetheless saw a few days later that thi
he says white house officials wanted to get juan cole. glenn carle is the cia officer in question and joins me for an exclusive interview. after he tells his story, professor juan cole will join the story. welcome. glenn, let me start with you. you were asked to do something that you believed and is in fact illegal. tell us what happened, how the request was made to you, and what followed thereafter. >> sometime late in 2005, i don't remember the exact dates, it is a while ago, sometime...
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he says white house officials wanted to get juan cole. glenn carle is the cia officer in question and joins me for an exclusive interview. lnnete tart wit. from a met t wte oicanasd ii ew about professor juan cole, who was he? i said of course i know who he is. we had worked together on national council business a number of times and then started to ask questions about lifestyle and background in saying what you just summarized that the >> sometime late in 2005, i don't remember the exact dates, it is a while ago, sometime late in 2005, my superior returned from a meeting at the white house and called me into his office and asked me if i knew about professor juan cole, who was he? i said of course i know who he is. we had worked together on national council business a number of times and then started to ask questions about lifestyle and background in saying what you just summarized that the white house found him a severe critic and wanted to get him and i was flabbergasted. >> you objected to the request to get professor cole and you none
he says white house officials wanted to get juan cole. glenn carle is the cia officer in question and joins me for an exclusive interview. lnnete tart wit. from a met t wte oicanasd ii ew about professor juan cole, who was he? i said of course i know who he is. we had worked together on national council business a number of times and then started to ask questions about lifestyle and background in saying what you just summarized that the >> sometime late in 2005, i don't remember the exact...
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the white house should be concerned about the numbers. most americans think the economy is in bad shape. and many disapprove the way the president is handling it. >> the republicans set the agenda. another day goes by and there is not a jobs agenda that has come to the floor. >> president obama is pleading to the american public to hang in there. >> we have ways to go. there will be bombs on the road to recovery. -- bumps on the road to recovery. >>> taking a look at the day ahead, a woman accused in a fatal hit-and-run accident is expected to go on trial today. she is of columbia, md. -- [inaudible] davidson was arrested and charged with the wide. the search resumes -- dui . >>> and the search continues for a swimmer that has gone missing. he got pulled under the water. swimming is prohibited in the reservoir. >>> there was a democrat in caroline county, virginia. -- deadly crash in caroline county, virginia. they are requiring travelers -- drivers to maintain a valid license. one measure requires periodic inspection. >>> 6:36. get ready
the white house should be concerned about the numbers. most americans think the economy is in bad shape. and many disapprove the way the president is handling it. >> the republicans set the agenda. another day goes by and there is not a jobs agenda that has come to the floor. >> president obama is pleading to the american public to hang in there. >> we have ways to go. there will be bombs on the road to recovery. -- bumps on the road to recovery. >>> taking a look at...
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house task force on the middle class prior to his still white house he worked for the economic policy institute was the deputy chief economist at the u.s. department of labor currently he's a senior fellow at the center for budget and policy priorities and given our nation's current economic problems he's the man to talk to it's one pleased to welcome in the studio here dr jerry bernstein thank you tom thanks for joining us a pleasure. and first of all just a personal question if i may. many musical prodigies were also mathematical privacies you know it's a great example there's a math the music you started out music how did you end up you know to me. i'm not sure if you know. new music is just a huge part of my life it always has been. it was very drawn to music early on but interestingly i think there is a connection there i always liked math and statistics and ultimately being a musician i think in another wrinkle here is being a musician i felt i wasn't really doing enough on kind of the political economy side of life i was brought up in a household where if you're not part of the
house task force on the middle class prior to his still white house he worked for the economic policy institute was the deputy chief economist at the u.s. department of labor currently he's a senior fellow at the center for budget and policy priorities and given our nation's current economic problems he's the man to talk to it's one pleased to welcome in the studio here dr jerry bernstein thank you tom thanks for joining us a pleasure. and first of all just a personal question if i may. many...
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the white house was hoping to argue that things are getting better. the truth about the stimulus, without it, things would have been worse. the problem is it makes an unsatisfy campaign message. the re-election campaign of president obama was always going to be much more difficult than 2008. it just got harder this week. >> kim, let me ask you about this. i'd love you to engage the political insider john. john, you go back at kim on this. republicans pulled out a graph this week. it's the graph that the obama team used, you can see it there, in 2009 to sell their big stimulus package. it projected then with the stimulus, with the stimulus, unemployment would be below 7% by now. obviously, it's 9.1%. which raises the question has the obama plan to turn around the economy failed? >> well, here is the big consequence of the obama stimulus. the debate we're having about debt and how to pay for spending. moody's has come out and said you have to get it done and why there is uncertainty in the business community. as mara said, the argument would have been w
the white house was hoping to argue that things are getting better. the truth about the stimulus, without it, things would have been worse. the problem is it makes an unsatisfy campaign message. the re-election campaign of president obama was always going to be much more difficult than 2008. it just got harder this week. >> kim, let me ask you about this. i'd love you to engage the political insider john. john, you go back at kim on this. republicans pulled out a graph this week. it's the...
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>> leading us off tonight, jake tapper at the white house. thank you, jake. >>> and, there is an outcry tonight, because of pakistan, and what that country did. pakistan, which receives billions of dollars in u.s. assistance, arrested the people in that country who helped the united states find and take down osama bin laden. word of the arrests came as some of the heroes, the american heroes of that mission, came home, and here's martha raddatz. >> reporter: the american sailors who buried bin laden at sea came home today, greeted as heroes. >> it absolutely is historic and we're proud of that. >> reporter: not so for the some half a dozen pakistanis vital to the mission. their reward? detention by pakistan's top spy agency. the man who owned the safe house, from which cia operatives were able to photograph and monitor movement in the secret bin laden compound. he was detained. the man who copied down the license plates to track those coming and going, especially bin laden's trusty courier, who was the key to finding the terrorist mastermind.
>> leading us off tonight, jake tapper at the white house. thank you, jake. >>> and, there is an outcry tonight, because of pakistan, and what that country did. pakistan, which receives billions of dollars in u.s. assistance, arrested the people in that country who helped the united states find and take down osama bin laden. word of the arrests came as some of the heroes, the american heroes of that mission, came home, and here's martha raddatz. >> reporter: the american...
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house, wonderful dinner at the white house one on one. as you saw this morning, angela's english is much better than my german. michelle and i are very much looking forward to hosting the chancellor and professor zao at tonight's state dinner, where i'll have the privilege of presenting angela with the medal of freedom. as i said earlier, germany is one of our strongest allies. we see our partnership in the drive of our workers and businesses who sustain the largest trade relationships in the world. we see it in the students and teachers, the scientists and researchers who are unlocking new innovations, including the clean renewable energy sources that we need to combat climate change and create the industries of the future, we see our partnership and the courage of our service members who stand shoulder to shoulder in afghanistan, where germans serve under americans and americans serve under germans. chancellor merkel, i want to thank you and the german people for your strong commitment to this vital mission and our hearts go out to the
house, wonderful dinner at the white house one on one. as you saw this morning, angela's english is much better than my german. michelle and i are very much looking forward to hosting the chancellor and professor zao at tonight's state dinner, where i'll have the privilege of presenting angela with the medal of freedom. as i said earlier, germany is one of our strongest allies. we see our partnership in the drive of our workers and businesses who sustain the largest trade relationships in the...
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it comes from a senior white house official. he says this report is at odds with the congressional budget office, the rand corporation and the urban institute and history. history has shown that reform motivates more businesses to offer insurance. massachusetts uses a similar structure with an exchange, a personal responsibility requirement and and employer responsibility and a number of employers in massachusetts has increased. what do you say to that? they say when you point to the plan that throughout the selection is going to be called the romney-care plan, they say in that case most employers did not dump their employees. >> the subsidy strubgt in your massachusetts is different. massachusetts also has the highest health insurance costs in the nation. it has increasing waiting times to see a general practitioner. i'm not sure how relevant that direct comparison is. we are talking obamacare not romney care. look, i know that we aren't sure what is going to happen when obamacare kicks in. what i do know there are enormous sub
it comes from a senior white house official. he says this report is at odds with the congressional budget office, the rand corporation and the urban institute and history. history has shown that reform motivates more businesses to offer insurance. massachusetts uses a similar structure with an exchange, a personal responsibility requirement and and employer responsibility and a number of employers in massachusetts has increased. what do you say to that? they say when you point to the plan that...
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bush white house and the evangelical community? a moment ago you implied something that was not true. the kennedy brothers did not intend that the south vietnamese leader was assassinated. they were shocked when it happened. some of the arguments this morning seem to be along the nature that they all do it. thank you for your comments and i look forward to them right now. guest: the actual tapes of robert kennedy's discussion are available online now. you can google assassination of diem, robert kennedy, you can go and listen to those tapes and obtain some of the transcripts. it could be compared today, if you can imagine, the american government -- with in the american government, someone saying we need to have a regime change in afghanistan because president karzai is corrupt and it is hurting our cause there. i will agree with you that there are defenders of president kennedy and his brother. there are some that say robert knew about it because of these transcripts but president -- but the president himself did not and a brother
bush white house and the evangelical community? a moment ago you implied something that was not true. the kennedy brothers did not intend that the south vietnamese leader was assassinated. they were shocked when it happened. some of the arguments this morning seem to be along the nature that they all do it. thank you for your comments and i look forward to them right now. guest: the actual tapes of robert kennedy's discussion are available online now. you can google assassination of diem,...
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the white house argument is that action by u.s. troops in libya is not part of any sustained fighting. there's not exchange of any gunfire with hostile forces. there are no troops on the ground. that they're there are no casualties and no chance of this really escalating into anything broader than that. and also the argument that u.s. is really in a supporting role here as part of the overall nato mission. so the bottom line for the white house they believe is that since u.s. troops do not have boots on the ground, therefore they are on pretty solid legal ground. >> then there's this bipartisan suit filed today to the courts to basically take the administration to court. there are some direct claims made in that suit that are refuted tonight by the white house. >> reporter: well, that's right. there's been a lot of criticism from up on capitol hill that the white house has not really kept them sort of up to speed, informed along the way as to the mission, the goal, how much this will cost, when the u.s. will no longer be involved i
the white house argument is that action by u.s. troops in libya is not part of any sustained fighting. there's not exchange of any gunfire with hostile forces. there are no troops on the ground. that they're there are no casualties and no chance of this really escalating into anything broader than that. and also the argument that u.s. is really in a supporting role here as part of the overall nato mission. so the bottom line for the white house they believe is that since u.s. troops do not have...